http://www.opb.org/news/article/fossil-fuels-us-jeff-merkley-bernie-sanders/?google_editors_picks=trueOregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced climate legislationThursday to completely phase-out fossil fuels.Called the "100 by 50 Act," it aims to run 100 percent of thecountry on clean and renewable energy by 2050.

I'm all for it!

You are as silly as the protestors that block oil exploration rigswith their plastic kayacks.

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-----------Germany's renewable energy sector is among the most innovative andsuccessful worldwide.[citation needed] Net-generation from renewableenergy sources in the German electricity sector has increased from 6.3%in 2000 to about 34% in 2016.[1]

While peak-generation from combined wind and solar reached a previousall-time high of 74% in April 2014,[3] wind power saw its best day everon December 12, 2014, generating 562 GWh.[4] Germany has been called "theworld's first major renewable energy economy".[5][6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Germany

BP has the largest operated renewable energy business of any majorinternational oil and gas company. In the United States, its renewableassets include 14 onshore wind farms located everywhere from the Hawaiianisland of Maui to the green hills of northeast Pennsylvania. Thecompanys U.S. wind farms have a gross generating capacity of 2,259megawatts. Thats enough electricity to power all the homes in a city thesize of Philadelphia.

http://www.opb.org/news/article/fossil-fuels-us-jeff-merkley-bernie-sanders/?google_editors_picks=trueOregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced climate legislationThursday to completely phase-out fossil fuels.Called the "100 by 50 Act," it aims to run 100 percent of thecountry on clean and renewable energy by 2050.

I'm all for it!

You are as silly as the protestors that block oil exploration rigswith their plastic kayacks.

<irrelavant data snipped - how we get energy now is not relavant tohow we will get it in 2050>-----------Germany's renewable energy sector is among the most innovative andsuccessful worldwide.[citation needed] Net-generation from renewableenergy sources in the German electricity sector has increased from6.3% in 2000 to about 34% in 2016.[1]On Sunday 15 May 2016 at 14:00 hours, renewables supplied nearly allof domestic electricity demand.[2]While peak-generation from combined wind and solar reached a previousall-time high of 74% in April 2014,[3] wind power saw its best dayever on December 12, 2014, generating 562 GWh.[4] Germany has beencalled "the world's first major renewable energy economy".[5][6]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_GermanyBP has the largest operated renewable energy business of any majorinternational oil and gas company. In the United States, its renewableassets include 14 onshore wind farms located everywhere from theHawaiian island of Maui to the green hills of northeast Pennsylvania.The companys U.S. wind farms have a gross generating capacity of2,259 megawatts. Thats enough electricity to power all the homes in acity the size of Philadelphia.http://www.bp.com/en_us/bp-us/what-we-do/wind.html

Also:----------------A proposed coal-export terminal in Longviewwould significantly increaseColumbia River vessel traffic, bump up cancer risks for a localneighborhood and result in a net addition of some two million metric tonsannually of greenhouse gas emissions, according to one of the mostambitious environmental reviews in state history.